No doubt. The democratic party has become the party of hatred, violence and even MURDER.
One has to wonder if @fbh1 has become one of these radicals?
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/left-wing-normies-have-been-radicalized/
That said, the left should take a moment to consider that its repeated assertions that Trump is a fascist Nazi who will destroy American democracy have radicalized progressives, even the so-called normies among them, to a dangerous degree. We now live in a world where corporate media routinely spreads misinformation to smear Trump, the Biden Justice Department continually subverts the law in an effort to bankrupt and imprison Trump and members of his inner circle.
As a result, the Democratic electorate has largely broken ties with conservatives and is sanguine about foul play in elections if it produces their desired result. Now a suicidal deadbeat has attempted to carry out an assassination plot, resulting in the death of one innocent and grave injuries to two others. Tensions between citizens are high as many leftists openly lament that Trump survived.
Which prompts the question: How deep does this radicalization go? At what point does a Biden-supporter/Trump-hater begin to harbor misgivings about the lies and exaggerations and ask whether they might encourage violence? Is it worth it for the sake of winning elections and holding power?
These questions are hard for conservatives to process because, being relatively normal, we don’t have a helpful frame of reference for them. Our rampant dislike of politicians, particularly of Democrats, does not result in conservative media insisting they are dictators on par with Adolf Hitler (who everyone knows is the secular stand-in for the devil). Moreover, no prominent pundits or politicians urge conservatives to circumvent law and order or to engage in terror tactics or cancellation. Hence, there’s no real conservative equivalent to the dehumanizing concept of “deplorables.” The closest insult we can muster is “communist,” but that label isn’t so much contemptuous as it is descriptive, and some leftists even take it as a badge of honor.
One has to wonder if @fbh1 has become one of these radicals?
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/left-wing-normies-have-been-radicalized/
That said, the left should take a moment to consider that its repeated assertions that Trump is a fascist Nazi who will destroy American democracy have radicalized progressives, even the so-called normies among them, to a dangerous degree. We now live in a world where corporate media routinely spreads misinformation to smear Trump, the Biden Justice Department continually subverts the law in an effort to bankrupt and imprison Trump and members of his inner circle.
As a result, the Democratic electorate has largely broken ties with conservatives and is sanguine about foul play in elections if it produces their desired result. Now a suicidal deadbeat has attempted to carry out an assassination plot, resulting in the death of one innocent and grave injuries to two others. Tensions between citizens are high as many leftists openly lament that Trump survived.
Which prompts the question: How deep does this radicalization go? At what point does a Biden-supporter/Trump-hater begin to harbor misgivings about the lies and exaggerations and ask whether they might encourage violence? Is it worth it for the sake of winning elections and holding power?
These questions are hard for conservatives to process because, being relatively normal, we don’t have a helpful frame of reference for them. Our rampant dislike of politicians, particularly of Democrats, does not result in conservative media insisting they are dictators on par with Adolf Hitler (who everyone knows is the secular stand-in for the devil). Moreover, no prominent pundits or politicians urge conservatives to circumvent law and order or to engage in terror tactics or cancellation. Hence, there’s no real conservative equivalent to the dehumanizing concept of “deplorables.” The closest insult we can muster is “communist,” but that label isn’t so much contemptuous as it is descriptive, and some leftists even take it as a badge of honor.
